Types of motions as proposed in the Dutch House of Representatives

Goeree, Mariska; Popping, Roel

doi:10.1007/s11135-013-9954-x

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“…Indeed, motions may be proposed for a variety of strategic reasons, like a party’s intention to signal to its voters and members that a specific issue is high on her agenda, or to test out the reaction of the adversary. Our social dilemma approach may inform future studies by taking into account a party’s motives for proposing a motion [ 9 ], and in particular the salience it attaches to the underlying issues. Coding of party manifestos may offer a fruitful avenue in this respect [ 26 ].…”

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“…controlling task of the House of Representatives. For example, in [ 3 ] and [ 9 ] it emphasized that parties often use motions as a symbolic instrument to signal their policy position other parties and potential voters. Put differently: the main motive behind proposing this kind of motion is not to get it passed, but to make a statement.…”

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“…Put differently: the main motive behind proposing this kind of motion is not to get it passed, but to make a statement. This type of symbolic motion has also been denoted as “exclamation mark motions”, as opposed to “question mark notions” [ 9 ]. In such cases, parties propose a motion to make visible that they do not agree with a specific policy, and they know that the motion will not pass the vote.…”

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Success and Failure of Parliamentary Motions: A Social Dilemma Approach

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Parliamentary motions are a vital and frequently used element of political control in democratic regimes. Despite their high incidence and potential impact on the political fate of a government and its policies, we know relatively little about the conditions under which parliamentary motions are likely to be accepted or rejected. Current collective decision-making models use a voting power framework in which power and influence of the involved parties are the main predictors. We propose an alternative, social dilemma approach, according to which a motion’s likelihood to be accepted depends on the severity of the social dilemma underlying the decision issue. Actor- and dilemma-centered hypotheses are developed and tested with data from a stratified random sample of 822 motions that have been voted upon in the Dutch Parliament between September 2009 and February 2011. The social dilemma structure of each motion is extracted through content coding, applying a cognitive mapping technique developed by Anthony, Heckathorn and Maser. Logistic regression analyses are in line with both, actor-centered and social-dilemma centered approaches, though the latter show stronger effect sizes. Motions have a lower chance to be accepted if voting potential is low, the proposer is not from the voting party, and if the problem underlying the motion reflects a prisoner’s dilemma or a pure competition game as compared to a coordination game. The number of proposing parties or a battle of the sexes structure does not significantly affect the outcome.

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Success and Failure of Parliamentary Motions: A Social Dilemma Approach

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The Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset

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behaviour because behavioural data was not available in an accessible format. By digitizing the parliamentary archives and compiling the data in a structured format we have create a comparatively rich dataset, which are made publically accessible for other researchers. In this research note we describe the dataset and data collection process, and provide some examples as how the data might be used in the growing quantitative literature on legislative behaviour.

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Types of motions as proposed in the Dutch House of Representatives

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Success and Failure of Parliamentary Motions: A Social Dilemma Approach

Success and Failure of Parliamentary Motions: A Social Dilemma Approach

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